by Rob Cottingham | Dec 19, 2006 | Politics
Hockey player fired for not signing flag for troops: A junior hockey player has been ousted from the Saint John Sea Dogs after he did not sign a Canadian flag that the team was sending to troops in Afghanistan. Dave Bouchard — a 20-year-old from Jonquière, Que.,... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 3, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
In the comments to one of my blog posts from the distant past, Dr. Norman Schmidt has asked if anyone has a tape of Prairie Giant: the Tommy Douglas Story: My sister-in-law, a devout CCF/NDP person, born and raised in Saskatchewan has asked me to persue the... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 1, 2006 | Blogging, Media Mix, Politics
…may not be from the convention floor, or even on CPAC. No, I expect I’ll be getting most of my leadershippy goodness from The Tyee’s Election Central Blog. They have a great crew of bloggers this year, and – unlike the rest of the media, as far as I... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 30, 2006 | Blogging, Politics
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve begun blogging at Corante’s Civic Minded blog, your guide to the political impact of the web. My inaugural post begins like this: When I worked in a Member of Parliament’s office back in the early 1990s, our... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2006 | Conferences and workshops, Online Community, Politics, Technology
RootsCamp – a series of gatherings for progressive Americans and members of the “netroots” to discuss and debrief on the U.S. midterm elections – won’t just be happening in San Francisco, New York City, Bloomington, Washington DC and... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
My friends and fellow humans, Tomorrow you will be voting in mid-term elections. And while the office of president is not on this ballot – an office, I would point out, for which the only duly-elected occupant is myself, despite what certain conspiracy theorists...